2006 York Beach Vault

[VaultnGus]

2006 York Beach Vault

Howdy folks - it is with great pleasure that we officially announce that the 2006 York Beach Vault is ON this year. YES! What a great way to end the season - we set up a wooden runway right on Long Sands Beach in York, ME and vault right next to the Atlantic Ocean.

Here's some of the specifics :

This year the Beach Vault East is on Saturday Sept 9th - the Saturday after Labor Day.

You need to be a USATF Member in order to vault. You can sign up for USATF memebrship online at https://www.usatf.org/membership/application/index.asp or at the event check-in table prior to the event

you will also need to fill out an entry form. These can also be found online at http://www.patriotpv.com/BeachVaultEntryForm2006.doc or at the event check-in table.

The cost is $30 per athlete ($20 for collegians)

Make Checks payable to Matthew Gault of the International Pole Vault Consortium (IPVC)

The runway will open at 9:00am for warmups with a scheduled start time of 11:00am.

Opening height is 5 feet

If needed we will use a five-alive format

We will ABSOULTELY need help setting up and taking down the runway and landing system. If you would like to help with the setup or have any other questions regarding the event please contact Matt Gault at [url]mailto:mtgault@metrocast.net[/url] or 1-800-884-4882 for details.

Directions from 95 North:

Get onto I 95 and travel into Maine. Take exit 4 for York, ME (this is the last exit before the toll house).

At off-ramp take a right and go .5 mi to lights, go left onto Route 1 North.

Travel approx 1 mile, pass Anthony’s gas station and at the traffic lights go right onto Ridge Rd.

Travel approximately 1.5 miles, take a sharp left onto Mitchell Rd.

Take a Right onto Webber Rd and follow to end.

Take a left along the coast onto Alternate Rt 1. Approx 3/4 mile there will be a bathhouse in the center of the beach on the right. Look for the pole vault runway.

[Russ]

Jessica Sullivan, a senior at Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CT, won the Women's Open division of the York Beach Vault today, with a vault of 10'6". Sullivan, the 2005 and 2006 CT State Class LL Chammpion, then had two excellent attempts at 11'0" but couldn't coax the bar to stay up. She appeared to have about 3-4 inches over the bar on her final attempt, but just brushed the bar off of the pegs on the way down.

Sunny skies, temperatures in the low 80's, and a very nice tailwind combined to produce very favorable conditions.

I don't know anythingt about the other results. Vault'n Gus, do you have them?